Drawing doll assembly

ABSTRACT

Drawing apparatus including a doll with pivotable joints, a desk which can capture the shoes of the doll so that the doll&#39;&#39;s arms lie over the upper desk surface, a drawing instrument designed to be held by a hand of the doll to feed a crayon therefrom so that the doll can draw on paper laid on the upper surface of the desk, and a wand for movement by a child, the wand having a magnet that can be moved around a region beneath the upper desk surface to pull the drawing instrument and crayon therein along a sheet of paper on the desk. A template defining a design to be drawn is placed on the desk beneath a sheet of paper, so that movement of the crayon results in the template design being drawn on the paper. The drawing instrument includes a spring or flat plate of rubber with a hole through which a crayon can be inserted so that the crayon is held tightly in place, and so that the crayon tends to be fed outwardly with a predetermined force.

Unite States Patent [21 Appl. No. [22] Filed [45] Patented [73] Assignee[54] DRAWING DOLL ASSEMBLY 12 Claims, 14 Drawing Figs.

[52] US. Cl 46/240,

46/116 [51] Int. Cl A63h 33/26 [50] Field of Search 46/1 l5,

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,114,547 12/1963 Joslyn46/240 x 1,809,162 6 1931 Egeiand 46/119 x 3,091,459 5/1963 Lindman46/240 x Primary Examiner- Louis G. Mancene Assistant ExaminerRobert F.Cutting An0rneySeymour A. Scholnick ABSTRACT: Drawing apparatusincluding a doll with pivotable joints, a desk which can capture theshoes of the doll so that the dolls arms lie over the upper desksurface, a drawing instrument designed to be held by a hand of the dollto feed a crayon therefrom so that the doll can draw on paper laid onthe upper surface of the desk, and a wand for movement by a child, thewand having a magnet that can be moved around a region beneath the upperdesk surface to pull the drawing instrument and crayon therein along asheet of paper on the desk. A template defining a design to be drawn isplaced on the desk beneath a sheet of paper, so that movement of thecrayon results in the template design being drawn on the paper. Thedrawing instrument includes a spring or flat plate of rubber with a holethrough which a crayon can be inserted so that the crayon is heldtightly in place, and so that the crayon tends to be fed outwardly witha predetermined force.

PATENTEDnmsmn 3529-871 SHEET 1 [1F 4 PATENTEDnacealsn 3529-871 SHEET 3OF a PATENTED DEC28 [9n SHEET H []F 4 DRAWING DOLL ASSEMBLY BACKGROUNDOF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to toydrawing apparatus.

2. Description of the Prior Art Dolls which can be animated in arealistic manner provide great entertainment for young children. Onetype of function which is especially entertaining is the drawing ofpictures with crayons, since such an activity is often engaged in bysmall children and since the result of such an activity is a picturewhich can be viewed long after playing with the doll. Of course,children generally cannot draw well, so it would be even more difficultto have them manipulate a doll to draw well. A doll could be constructedwith complex cams for automatically drawing a scene, but this generallyresults in a delicate mechanism that is easily broken, and a doll whichcannot be readily played with independently of the drawing apparatus. Inaddition, the entertainment value decreases if the movements of thedolls drawing arm is not controlled by the child since that would makehim realize even more, that he is not actually performing the drawing.

OBJECTS AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present inventionis to provide drawing apparatus for enabling a child to direct a dollsarm so as to draw a design of attractive appearance.

Another object is to provide crayon holding apparatus for holding andfeeding a crayon stick.

In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, toy drawingapparatus is provided which includes a doll, a drawing instrument whichcan be held in the dolls hand, a stand for holding the legs of the dolland holding a sheet of paper which the doll can draw on, and a wand withan outer end which can be held and moved by a child and an inner endwith a magnet which can move beneath the top of the desk to pull thedrawing instrument and hand of the doll over the paper. The desk isdesigned to hold a template with raised lines defining a design to bedrawn, so that when the drawing instrument is moved back and forth overa sheet of paper that has been placed over the template, the designappears on the paper. The child determines the path of the drawinginstrument by his movement of the wand, but so long as he moves the wandback and forth many times to cover most of the region above thetemplate, the template design will appear on the paper.

The drawing instrument which can be held by the dolls hand, is designedto receive and feed out an ordinary crayon. The instrument includes ahousing held by the doll and a spring or a platelike rubber membermounted on the housing and having a central hole for receiving a crayon.The crayon is normally installed so that about one-quarter inch ofitextends past the housing. When the housing is placed against a sheet ofpaper on the desk, the spring or rubber member deflects away from thepaper, but supplies a constant outfeeding force to assure proper forceof the crayon on the paper for accurately reproducing the design of thetemplate.

The doll which holds the drawing instrument has a chest portion of itstorso which is pivotally mounted on the abdomen portion of the torso forfree pivoting, so that the entire upper half of the doll pivots tofollow movements of the hand and drawing instrument thereon over thepaper. The doll is designed for play independently of the drawingapparatus. To this end, the dolls legs are pivotally mounted on thetorso so they can be pivoted up to a sitting position. However, the legscan also be pivoted down and locked in a standing position for use withthe drawing apparatus.

The novel features of this invention are set forth with particularity inthe appended claims. The invention will be best understood from thefollowing description when read in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side elevation view of toydrawing apparatus constructed in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the wand of FIG. I, taken on the line 2-2thereof;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the drawing instrument of FIG. 1, taken onthe line 3-3 thereof;

FIG. 4 is a view taken on the line 4-4 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a view taken on the line 55 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the upper surface of the desk taken on the line6-6 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a view taken on the line 7-7 of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a view taken on the line 8-8 of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the foot-holding apparatus of the deskof FIG. 1;

FIG. I0 is a sectional view of the drawing instrument constructed inaccordance with another embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 11 is a view taken on the line 11-11 of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a partial sectional side view of the doll of FIG. 1, showingthe pivotal connection of the chest and abdomen portions of the torso;

FIG. 13 is a partial top sectional view of the doll of FIG. 1, showingthe pivotal connections of the right arm thereof; and

FIG. 14 is a sectional view taken on the line l414 of FIG. 13.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 illustrates drawingapparatus which includes a doll 10, a stand or desk 12 with an upper orwriting surface 14, and a marking instrument I6 designed to be held by ahand of the doll and to mark a sheet of paper which has been placed onthe writing surface 14 of the stand. A wand I8 is also provided whichhas an outer end 20 that can be held by a child and an inner end whichholds a control magnet 22. The wand is normally in a position wherein itis inserted through a slot 24 in the desk immediately below the writingsurface 14. The magnet 22 on the wand can then magnetically attractanother magnet at the bottom of the marking instrument l6. Accordingly,the marking instrument 16 is magnetically attracted to, and follows thecontrol magnet 22, and therefore follows movements of the child whoholds the outer end of the wandv The hand of the doll l0 follows themarking instrument so the doll appears to be drawing. The markinginstrument 16 may hold a crayon which moves along a sheet of paper thathas been placed on the writing surface, to draw thereon as the childmoves the wand.

In order to create an attractive design or drawing, a template is usedbehind a sheet of paper, so that the doll draws a design governed by thetemplate, even though the movements of the dolls hand are governed bymovement of the wand by the child. FIGS. 6 and 7 illustrate some of theapparatus at the upper end of the desk 12. The desk has an upper wall 26with a recess 28 therein for receiving the template 30. A sheet of paper32 is placed on top of the desk over the template, and is held down byfour paper clips 34 that engage the four corners of the paper.

The template 30 is a sheet of plastic with raised lines thereon defininga shape to be drawn, such as the duck 36. If a stick of crayon or othermarking material is moved back and forth over the portion of the paper32 which is above the template 30, then the crayon marking material willbe deposited on portions of the paper immediately above the raisedlines. Accordingly, a design representing the duck 36=will appear on theupper surface of the paper. It may be noted that for paper of athickness and stiffness within the range generally encountered, thepressure of the marking material should be within a limited range inorder to draw an attractive pattern. If the pressure is too high, thenportions of the paper not over a template line will be darkened, whileif the pressure is too low then the lines over a template line will notbe darkened sufficiently. The drawing instrument 16 is designed to holda stick of marking material such as a crayon and apply the proper amountof force to create an attractive pattern corresponding to a templateunder the paper.

FIGS. 3-5 illustrate details of the marking instrument 16 which holds astick of crayon or other marking material that draws on paper. Themarking instrument 16 includes a shell or housing 38 designed to be heldby the hand of the doll, a coil spring 40 held within the housing, and amagnet 42 which is also held within the housing, the magnet serving as apart of the housing to reduce the size of hole through which the crayonis fed. The instrument is designed to hold a crayon 44 and urge itdownwardly towards the sheet of paper 32 over the template 30. When thecrayon 44 is urged toward the template 30 with sufficient force, itmarks the paper darkly only over a raised line 30L of the template.

The coil spring 40 has an upper turn 46 which abuts the walls around anopening 48 at the top of the housing, and has three coils at its loweror inner end 50. Most of the coils of the spring, including those at theupper end 48 are round, and are of a diameter slightly greater than thegreatest diameter of standard crayons which can be inserted through theopening 48 at the top of the housing. The inner turns 50, however, arewound in a square configuration, as shown in FIG. 5, the sides of thesquare being small enough so there is an interference fit with thecrayon 44. Thus, a crayon inserted through the top opening 48 can bemoved down until it starts passing through the square turns at 50. Thecrayon can be forced through the square turns 50, but it requires someforce to do so, and therefore there is an interference fit between thecoils at 50 and the crayon, The crayon can be forced further throughthehousing so that it projects through a hole 52 in the magnet 42, andpro jects downwardly past the bottom of the housing 38.

If the crayon 44 is initially installed so that it projects more thanabout one-quarter inch below the housing, and the housing is then laidon a sheet of paper, the crayon will be pushed upwardly. After thecrayon deflects the inner end 50 of the spring about one-quarter inch upaway from the magnet 42, the crayon will begin slipping on the springturns 50. If the marking instrument 16 is lifted off the paper, theinner end 50 of the coil spring will move down against the magnet 42,and the lower end of the crayon will then project about onequarter inchbelow the lower surface of the magnet 42. Thereafter, whenever themarking instrument is laid on a sheet of paper, the crayon is pushed outwith a force which is held within a relatively narrow range. This forceis sufficient to assure good marking on a paper of ordinary thicknessand flexibility.

The marking instrument 16 can be loaded by merely pushing the crayon 44through the top end 48, along the passageway whose ends are at the holes48, 52 at the top and bottom of the instrument and which is surroundedby the spring. The crayon is pushed down until it projects at leastabout one-quarter inch below the magnet 42. The crayon will thereafterautomatically be moved upwardly to the correct height. The crayon can beloaded from either the top or bottom end of the instrument, and even avery small length of crayon, which can reach from one-quarter inch belowthe magnet to the square turns 50, can be utilized. It may beappreciated that other types of crayon holders could be employed such asa type which utilizes a plunger above the crayon to push it downwardly.However, such a holder would have to be substantially taller than anordinary crayon stick. In addition, such a holder could not easily beloaded from the top. The present crayon holder is very simple, small inheight, and easily utilized by a child.

The magnet 42 in the marking instrument is identical in size and shapeto the magnet 22 in the wand 18. However, one of the magnets ismagnetized with the walls of its center hole in a north magneticpolarity and its rim of south magnetic polarity, while the other magnetis magnetized in the reverse manner. Each magnet is held by a lipportion 54 or 56 in the marking instrument housing or wand housing,respectively.

The doll 10 which is utilized in the drawing apparatus is designed to beplayed with independently of the desk or marking instrument, like anordinary doll. However, when it is held on the desk 12, it performsrealistic drawing movements. When performing drawing movements, thechest and shoulders of the doll substantially follow movements of themarking instrument 16 as it moves left and right over a sheet of paper.However, the head 60 does not move appreciably. Referring to FIG. 1,this is accomplished by pivotally mounting the chest or upper torsoportion 62 of the doll on the abdomen or lower torso portion 64 in amanner that allows free pivoting of the chest portion 62 on the abdomenportion 64. The head 60 is held on the abdomen portion 62 so it does notmove with the chest portion. The easily pivoted chest portion andstationary head provide a realistic simulation ofa small child, andtends to eliminate a mechanical appearance that would be present if theentire chest and head moved as a unit.

The arm 66 of the doll is constructed with an upper arm portion 68 thatis freely pivotable on the chest portion 62, a lower arm portion 70 thatis freely pivotable on the upper arm portion, and a hand 72 that isfreely pivotable on the lower arm portion 70. As a child moves the wand18 toward and away from the doll to move the marking instrument 16, thearm portions can pivot to allow the hand to easily move to follow themarking instrument. When a child moves the wand left and right acrossthe paper, the arm portions can pivot to follow it, but they also movethe chest portion 62 so that it pivots left and right to partiallyfollow the marking instrument,

The legs 74 of the doll must be held in relatively fixed position duringdrawing. As shown in FIG. I, this is accomplished by a pair ofshoe-receiving fixtures 76 at the bottom of the desk that engage theshoes 78 of the doll to hold it in place. In addition, an abuttingmember 80 of the desk, which extends to the doll from a position nearthe upper end of the desk, abuts the upper leg portion of the doll. Thedoll is provided with a short dress 82 that extends down to a levelabove the location at which the abutting portion 80 contacts the dollleg, to assure accurate location of the doll. Relatively accuratelocation of the doll with respect to the desk has been found necessaryin order to allow the doll to move its hand freely over the entire areaof the template in a realistic manner. FIG. 9 illustrates some of thedetails of the shoe-receiving fixtures 76, which have toe-holdingportions 84 that encircle the front of the foot, and walls 86 thatsurround the bottom of the heels of the shoe. The shoe-holding fixtures76 are constructed to enable the doll to be quickly and easily installedor removed therefrom.

FIGS. 12-14 illustrate some of the details of the joints of the doll 10,As shown in FIG. 12, the abdomen portion 64 has an upwardly extendingcone-shaped member 90 that extends through holes in ribs 92, 94 and 96of the chest portion 62. The holes in the ribs of the chest portion arelarge enough to allow for free rotation of the chest portion 62 on theabdomen portion 64. The head 60 is pivotally mounted on the upper end ofthe cone-shaped portion 90, so that it does not move back and forth asthe chest moves back and forth, but generally continues to face straightahead, or at any other position to which it has been turned.

The upper arm portion 68, best shown in FIG. 13, is pivotally coupled bya pin 98 to the chest portion 62. The lower arm portion 70 is pivotallycoupled by a pin [00 that extends through the upper arm. The hand 72 ispivotally coupled by a pin 102 that extends along the lower arm portion.The index finger 104 and thumb 106 are formed on the hand 72 to receivethe narrowed upper portion of the marking instrument 16. The hand 72 isconstructed of a resilient plastic material such as a polysol, so thatthe slot between the index finger and thumb can be widened to receiveand firmly hold the marking instrument. Thus, the doll is similar toordinary dolls which are played with independently of other mechanisms,except that the hand and chest portions can pivot more freely withrespect to each other and to the abdomen portion. In addition, the headis pivotally coupled to the abdomen portion so that it does notnecessarily pivot with the chest portion as the chest portion pivotsleft and right to follow the hand of the doll.

The clips 34 which hold down a sheet of paper have the form shown inFIG. 8. Each clip has a resilient U-shaped portion which extends aroundan edge 26E of the upper wall of the desk. An inner end of the clip isheld at 110 to the desk, while an outer end 112 can press down againstthe sheet of paper 32. In order to keep the outer end 112 presseddownwardly, a pin 114 near the outer end is inserted through a hole 116in the desk. The pin 114 has ledges 118, 120, which can engage the lowerends of the walls of the hole 116 to hold down the clip. Release of theclip is effected by pulling up on the center portion thereof.

In order to set up the apparatus for drawing in the manner shown in FIG.1, the shoes 78 of the doll are inserted in the shoe-receiving fixtures76 of the stand 12. A template 30 with the design which it is desired todraw, is placed in the recess in the upper wall of the desk, and a sheetof paper 32 is placed over the template. The sheet of paper may be helddown by pieces of tape at its corners, or by the clips 34. In order toready the marking instrument 16, a crayon is pushed through the topopening therein until it projects at least a quarter inch past the lowerend of the rest of the instrument. The marking instrument 16 is thenplaced in the hand 72 of the doll and allowed to rest on the paper whichhas been placed on the upper surface of the desk. The wand 18 ispermanently installed with its inner end within the desk, so its outerend is ready to be grasped by a child.

A child grasps the outer end of the wand and moves it left to right andtoward and away from the doll so that the marking instrument 16 hasmoved over every portion of the template. It may be noted, referring toFIGS. 6 and 7 that the region within which the inner end of the wand canmove is limited by a downwardly depending lip 122 formed in the upperwall of the desk. This prevents a child from moving the wand so far thatthe marking instrument cannot follow (the doll may hold it back) wherebythe magnets of the wand and marking instrument may become separated sothat movement of the wand does not drag the marking instrument with it.After the child has moved the wand repeatedly beneath the template, thetemplate design will have been marked on the sheet of paper. The childthen removes the sheet of paper. The child can easily remove the doll toplay with it independently of the rest of the apparatus. Also, the childcan hold the marking instrument 16 in his own hand and repeatedly moveit over the template to draw thereon.

FIGS. 10 and 11 show a marking instrument 1'30 constructed in accordancewith another embodiment of the invention. The marking instrument 130includes a shell or housing 132 and a platelike holding member 134 ofresilient material such as rubber. The member 134 is of substantiallysquare shape, and has four holes 136 which are held by bosses 138 formedin the housing. The holding member 134 has a central hole 140 which issmaller than the smallest diameter of crayon normally encountered. Thissmallest diameter is the diameter of the crayon after a paper coveringthereon has been removed and the diameter of the crayon has beenslightly further reduced by deformation during handling while the crayonis warm. The crayon may have an original diameter such as one-quarterinch and a minimum normal diameter of three-sixteenths inch. When acrayon within this range of sizes is pushed through the hole 140, thewalls of the hole can be deflected to allow the crayon to movetherethrough.

The resilient holding member 134 is maintained taut so that it is spaceda distance D of about one-quarter inch from the upper surface of amagnet 142, which is disposed over a lower opening 144 in the housing.When a crayon 44 is installed by moving it through the opening 146 atthe upper end of the housing, and is pushed through the resilient member134 and a hole 148 in the magnet, it projects downwardly from thehousing in the manner shown in FIG. 10. If the crayon projectsdownwardly below the magnet 142 by more than about onequarter inch, thenupon laying the marking instrument 130 on a level surface, the crayon 44will be pushed upwardly. As the crayon moves up, it moves the walls ofthe hole 144 in the resilient member upwardly also. However, theresilient member cannot move upwardly past ribs 150 formed in thehousing. The lower end of the ribs 150 is spaced a distance D above theresilient member 134 by a distance such as onequarter inch. Thus, afterthe crayon 44 has been pushed up by laying the marking instrument on alevel surface, the resilient member 134 is still deflected upwardly byone-quarter inch. The resilient member 134 therefore applies a knownforce to the crayon which tends to feed it downwardly towards the paperbeing drawn upon.

During initial installations of a crayon 44, it is possible for thecrayon to push down the resilient member 134 so that it tends to beextruded through the hole 148 in the magnet 142. To prevent extrusion,the resilient member is provided with a downwardly depending flange 152which abuts the magnet and prevents the resilient member from enteringthe hole in the magnet. The marking instrument can engage crayons of avariety of diameters, such as crayons of greater diameter than normal.In any case, the downward feeding force of the resilient member 134 doesnot depend substantially upon the diameter of the crayon, but only uponthe distance D between the bottom of the ribs and the normal position ofthe resilient member as shown in FIG. 10.

Thus, the invention provides a drawing apparatus which can be quicklyset up by a child, and which enables a child to draw attractive designs.The designs appear to be drawn by a doll, and yet a child causes themotion by moving his hand in a manner similar to the strokes which thedoll performs, by moving a wand back and forth. The doll performs thedrawing operations in an entertaining and realistic manner, by turningits chest from side to side to follow the marking instrument in itshand. The doll can be quickly removed from the rest of the apparatus tobe played with independently of it, and can be quickly reinstalled. Themarking instrument can be quickly installed and removed from the doll,and crayons of a variety of diameters can be quickly and easilyinstalled in the marking instrument.

Although particular embodiments of the invention have been described andillustrated herein, it is recognized that modifications and variationsmay readily occur to those skilled in the art and, consequently it isintended that the claims be interpreted to cover such modifications andequivalents.

What is claimed is:

1. Drawing doll apparatus comprising:

a doll with an arm constructed for free movement relative topredetermined other portions of said doll;

marking means coupled to the hand of said doll arm to move therewith;

a stand with a writing surface for holding material to be marked;

means movable beneath said writing surface of said stand, formagnetically attracting said marking means to pull it along saidmaterial to be marked on said writing surface;

said doll having upper and lower torso portions freely pivotally coupledto each other and a head coupled to said lower torso portion, wherebysaid head tends to remain stationary while said upper torso portionpivots.

2. Doll drawing apparatus comprising:

a stand having a surface and means for holding material to be markedagainst said surface;

a doll and holding means releasably holding a portion of said doll infixed relation to said stand, said doll having an arm movably mountedthereon whereby the hand of said arm is universally movable over andadjacent said surface;

marking means removably mounted on said hand and engageable withmaterial on said surface, said marking means including a magneticallyattractable portion; and

manually movable magnetic means below but adjacent said surface anduniversally movable substantially parallel to said surface.

3. Apparatus as defined in claim 2 wherein said holding means comprisesmeans for engaging and holding the legs of said doll, said standsimulating a desk.

4. Apparatus as defined in claim 2 wherein said magnetically attractableportion and said magnetic means each comprises a permanent magnet.

5. The drawing doll apparatus described in claim 2 wherein:

said means for magnetically attracting said marking means includes anelongated wand member having a handle at one end for grasping by a childand a magnet at the other end; and

said marking means includes a magnet.

6. The drawing doll apparatus described in claim 2 including:

at least one template with raised lines, on said writing surface.

7. The toy drawing apparatus described in claim 2 wherein:

said doll has legs which can hold shoes; and said holding meanscomprises a foot rest portion which includes means for releasablyengaging said shoes to fix the position of said doll when it is drawingon said sheet of paper.

8. The toy drawing apparatus described in claim 2 wherein:

said doll has chest and abdomen portions pivotally coupled to each otherto allow the chest portion to pivot to follow movements of the armcoupled to said marking means while the abdomen portion remainssubstantially stationary.

9. The toy drawing apparatus described in claim 2 wherein:

said marking means includes a resilient member for holding a crayon,said resilient member having a hole smaller than said crayon to expandaround a crayon forced through said hole so as to firmly grasp saidcrayon, and said resilient member mounted to resiliently deflect awayfrom a template on said stand to urge said crayon toward said template.

10. The toy drawing apparatus described in claim 2 wherein:

said making means comprises a housing having holes defining ends of apassageway for passing a crayon therethrough, and a coil spring disposedaround said passageway, one end of said coil spring being formed for aninterference fit with a crayon inserted through said spring.

11. The toy drawing apparatus described in claim 2 wherein:

said marking means comprises a housing having a passageway for passing acrayon therethrough, and a member of elastic material with asubstantially flat center portion biased to a predetermined position toresiliently deflect toward and away from said template, and with a holewhose walls can deform to receive a crayon of larger size than theundeformed size of said hole.

12. The doll described in claim 2 wherein:

said doll has shoes; and

said holding means inciudes first means for capturing said shoes of saiddoll and second means for abutting the upper leg areas of said dollbetween the abdomen and knees.

UNITED STATES PATENT @FHCE QERTWMATE E QQRRE CHQN Patent No. 3, 629,971.Dated December 28 1971 Earl O. Antell, at al.

Inventor(s) It: is certified that error appears in the above-identifiedpatent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:

Column 6, line 8, "making" should read marking Signed and sealed this7th day of November 1972.

{SEAL} Attest:

EDWARD M ,FLETCHER, JR, Attesting Officer" ROBERT GOTTSCHALKCommissioner of Patents ORM (10-69) USCOMM-DC fi0376-P69 u.s. GOVERNMENTPRINTING OYFICE: 9G9 O-35G-334

1. Drawing doll apparatus comprising: a doll with an arm constructed forfree movement relative to predetermined other portions of said doll;marking means coupled to the hand of said doll arm to move therewith; astand with a writing surface for holding material to be marked; meansmovable beneath said writing surface of said stand, for magneticallyattracting said marking means to pull it along said material to bemarked on said writing surface; said doll having upper and lower torsoportions freely pivotally coupled to each other and a head coupled tosaid lower torso portion, whereby said head tends to remain stationarywhile said upper torso portion pivots.
 2. Doll drawing apparatuscomprising: a stand having a surface and means for holding material tobe marked against said surface; a doll and holding means releasablyholding a portion of said doll in fixed relation to said stand, saiddoll having an arm movably mounted thereon whereby the hand of said armis universally movable over and adjacent said surface; marking meansremovably mounted on said hand and engageable with material on saidsurface, said marking means including a magnetically attractableportion; and manually movable magnetic means below but adjacent saidsurface and universally movable substantially parallel to said surface.3. Apparatus as defined in claim 2 wherein said holding means comprisesmeans for engaging and holding the legs of said doll, said standsimulating a desk.
 4. Apparatus as defined in claim 2 wherein saidmagnetically attractable portion and said magnetic means each comprisesa permanent magnet.
 5. The drawing doll apparatus described in claim 2wherein: said means for magnetically attracting said marking meansincludes an elongated wand member having a handle at one end forgrasping by a child and a magnet at the other end; and said markingmeans includes a magnet.
 6. The drawing doll apparatus described inclaim 2 including: at least one template with raised lines, on saidwriting surface.
 7. The toy drawing apparatus described in claim 2wherein: said doll has legs which can hold shoes; and said holding meanscomprises a foot rest portion which includes means for releasablyengaging said shoes to fix the position of said doll when it is drawingon said sheet of paper.
 8. The toy drawing apparatus described in claim2 wherein: said doll has chest and abdomen portions pivotally coupled toeach other to allow the chest portion to pivot to follow movements ofthe arm coupled to said marking means while the abdomen portion remainssubstantially stationary.
 9. The toy drawing apparatus described inclaim 2 wherein: said marking means includes a resilient member forholding a crayon, said resilient member having a hole smaller than saidcrayon to expand around a crayon forced through said hole so as tofirmly grasp said crayon, and said resilient member mounted toresiliently deflect away from a template on said stand to urge saidcrayon toward said template.
 10. The toy drawing apparatus described inclaim 2 wherein: said making means comprises a housing having holesdefining ends of a passageway for passing a crayon therethrough, and acoil spring disposed around said passageway, one end of said coil springbeing formed for an interference fit with a crayon inserted through saidspring.
 11. The toy drawing apparatus described in claim 2 wherein: saidmarking means comprises a housing having a passageway for passing acrayon therethrough, and a member of elastic material with asubstantially flat center portion biased to a predetermined position toresiliently deflect toward and away from said template, and with a holewhose walls can deform to receive a crayon of larger size than theundeformed size of said hole.
 12. The doll described in claim 2 wherein:said doll has shoes; and said holding means includes first means forcapturing said shoes of said doll and second means for abutting theupper leg areas of said doll between the abdomen and knees.